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Infection Control & Reprocessing โ€“ Dental (HLTH-3059)

Fanshawe College (Ontario, Canada)

Canadian college continuing-education course on infection prevention and instrument reprocessing standards in the dental setting, including documentation and monitoring requirements.

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Legal Documentation and Record Keeping

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine โ€“ Continuing Educat

University-run CE course on the legal dimensions of dental charting, informed consent documentation and record retention. Suitable as self-directed professional-practice CPD.

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Fundamentals of Cariology

The University of Hong Kong (HKUx) on edX

A university-level course on the aetiology, diagnosis and evidence-based prevention and management of dental caries. Audit access is free, with a paid verified certificate option for CPD documentation.

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Antibiotic Resistance and Dentistry

FutureLearn (UK dental school course)

Focuses on antimicrobial stewardship in dentistry, covering appropriate prescribing decisions and the dental team's role in tackling antibiotic resistance. Highly applicable to prescribing dentists and auditable as CPD.

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Ethics in Dentistry: Part I โ€“ Principles and Values

Dentalcare (Crest + Oral-B, Procter & Gamble) ยท ~2 h

Introductory ethics course covering the core principles and values that underpin professional decision-making in dentistry, including patient autonomy and informed consent. Useful as self-directed ethics CPD for Canadian dentists.

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Risk Management and Record Keeping

Dentaltown Online CE (with Jeff Tonner) ยท ~1 h

A dental-law focused CE session on how thorough charting and documentation protect practitioners, covering consent notes, chart entries and common risk-management pitfalls.

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The Oral Cavity: Portal to Health and Disease

University of Michigan on Coursera

Explores the links between oral health and systemic disease, examining how conditions in the mouth reflect and influence overall health. Directly relevant to medical-dental risk assessment in daily practice.

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Introduction to Dental Medicine

University of Pennsylvania (Penn Dental Medicine) on Coursera

An overview of core dental medicine concepts covering oral anatomy, common oral diseases and their management within general health care. A useful refresher and framework for self-directed CPD study.

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Ethics in Dentistry: Part III โ€“ Ethical Decision-making

Dentalcare (Crest + Oral-B, Procter & Gamble) ยท ~2 h

Applies ethical frameworks to practical dilemmas encountered in dental practice, walking through structured approaches to resolving conflicts between patient, practitioner and professional obligations.

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Provincial cycles โ€” commonly 2 or 3 years
Hours / credits
Provincial colleges require continuing-education points per cycle โ€” commonly in the range of 60โ€“90 points per three-year cycle โ€” with category minimums and core requirements varying by province.
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